Santander Holdings USA to Buy Remaining Stake in Subsidiary for $2.5 Billion -- Update
August 24 2021 - 2:39AM
Dow Jones News
By Olivia Bugault
Banco Santander SA said Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary
Santander Holdings USA, Inc. will acquire the remaining shares it
doesn't already own in Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. for
roughly $2.5 billion.
According to the agreement between the two subsidiaries of the
Spanish bank, Santander Holdings USA will buy the outstanding
shares in Santander Consumer USA Holdings for $41.50 apiece via an
all-cash tender offer, which represents a total equity value of
$12.7 billion, the company said.
The offer price is a 14% premium compared with the closing price
of Santander Consumer USA Holdings on July 1, it said.
Santander Holdings USA already owns a roughly 80% stake in
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, the bank said.
"The estimated capital impact at closing to Banco Santander's
[common equity Tier 1] ratio would be a decline of approximately 10
[basis points], and the transaction is expected to be accretive to
its earnings per share by approximately 3% in 2022," Santander
said.
The transaction --which includes the tender offer and a
"second-step merger"-- should close by late October or the fourth
quarter of the year.
Write to Olivia Bugault at olivia.bugault@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 24, 2021 02:36 ET (06:36 GMT)
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